San Miguel tycoon Ramon Ang promised to expand the Ninoy Aquino Internation Airport (NAIA) beyond what his contract stipulates, and "without additional cost to the government."
After winning the bid to restore the deteriorated international airport, Ang met with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., to whom he made the promise, and Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista.
"At sabi ni RSA (And Ramon See Ang said), 'I will build a bigger terminal than what is agreed in the concession agreement--without additional cost to the government.' 'Yan ang pangako niya kay Presidente (That is his promise to the President)," Bautista revealed.
Terminal 2 will undergo the largest expansion; the Philippine Village Hotel will be torn down and the International Cargo Complex and fuel farm relocated to make way. Ang aims to construct a passenger terminal building with 50 boarding bridges, 9,000 parking slots, and a passenger capacity of 35 million passengers yearly.
Terminal 3 will also be reconstructed to accommodate 25 million passengers instead of just 14 million. Once finished, passengers may access the terminal via the Metro Manila Subway.
From 5,800 parking slots, it is San Miguel's target for Terminals 1 and 3 to have 12,400 slots: a multi-level carpark of 62,000 sqare meters will be built at Terminal 1, and a five-level carpark is to augment the one already at Terminal 3.
Other improvements include a food court centering on Filipino cuisine, an upgrade in or replacement of the baggage handling system, improvement in passenger pick-up and drop-off flow, and so on.
Additionally, San Miguel created the NAIA Infrastructure Corporation, which is meant to pull up annual passenger capacity from 32 million to as much as 62 million in 25 years.
